MGNREGA causing labour crisis: RBI
Rural households in six states said they prefer working under MGNREGA rather than traditional labour, leading to an agricultural labour crisis
Bengal MGNREGA workers lost up to Rs 6,046 crore in wages during April-December 2022
A study estimates that workers have lost income by 83%, compelling them to borrow money for survival
Surviving on fish from gutter, rice: West Bengal workers bear brunt of Central freeze on MGNREGA funds
DTE ground report finds pending wages and non-commissioning of work for over a year making it hard for workers to survive
Why factory jobs for Ethiopian women haven’t translated into greater participation in politics
Income and job status have less of an impact on women in authoritarian contexts than in advanced democracies
Look back at the decade: Unemployment
Outtake from the second decade of the new millemium: India desperately needs to avail jobs for its ever increasing youth population
Evolution of work
The history of the working class and how working people gained and lost privileges through the ages
Generational spasm
To address the growing unrest across the world, we need to effectively utilise the demographic dividend
Is Union Budget 2021-22 MGNREGA allocation enough to alleviate rural distress
Number of person days to reduce to 2.7-2.8 billion person days for next year, says expert
A void that cannot be filled: SEWA founder Ela Bhatt dies in Ahmedabad
Ela Bhatt founded SEWA in 1972, which has since blazed a trail in empowering women in various ways
The lure of 10 million jobs a year
Employment in agriculture has increased. Will it lead to shed the belief that agriculture will not be able to employ further?
MGNREGA: Drought-hit India abandoned 18 lakh water works in just one year
India's villages miss a golden chance to become drought-proof as more MGNREGA projects grind to a halt
Education not enough
As a means of bringing long-term change in public attitudes, education at present is too weak and demands radical improvement
‘Totalitarian movements are self-destructive’
The reason socialist awareness is not possible in the 21st century is that the middle class in India in the 60s was primarily dominated by the …
Banana wise: This fashion designer in Shravasti uses banana crop waste to make women financially independent
Tejashwi Pathak’s Baudhanchal self-help group helps women in the east Uttar Pradesh district to make handicrafts from banana waste and …
‘Green growth’ can help African countries address socio-economic inequalities: Report
Green growth can address inequity through the creation of decent jobs, better provision of basic services, improvement of air quality and …
COVID-19 and jobs: The salaried, younger workers and women suffered more
While overall employment declined in the country in 2020-21, compared to 2019-20, some sections have been affected more adversely than others
Ageism hurts young, old alike: New report shows extent of impact
The younger, male, less educated population, as well as those anxious about death was more likely to perpetrate ageism
Investing in Africa’s rural youth can work wonders for continent: Report
Africa’s youth bulge and the fact that most of its people live in rural areas, make this especially important
Banning manual scavenging in India: A long, complex passage
Union government is set to introduce The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, in …
China’s population has peaked and is now falling — opportunities and risks for Africa
African countries with a large working-age population can theoretically benefit from the end of China’s period of labour-abundance
Maharashtra: No brides for Marathwada farmers
City jobs and owner of farm land — prerequisites for prospective grooms have changed
Closing the gender gap in clean energy transitions
Engaging women across diverse sectors and roles can help ensure expansion of developing countries’ GDP
MGNREGA: Workers across 13 states protest to demand unpaid wages
Around Rs 2,800 crore are pending in wages from the Centre under MGNREGA for this financial year and around Rs 1,984 crore are pending from the …
Structural pitfalls of MGNREGA
It’s time to remove inherent flaws of the guaranteed wage programme MGNREGA that limit its poverty alleviation potential
COVID-19 migrants: Future of work and production
Work needs to be reimagined. This is an opportunity to renew rural economies and make them resilient; but it won’t to be easy